I just read an interview with Aleksander Turchinov (pictured), the politician who is also an Evangelical preacher and is currently the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (which means he’s in charge of Ukraine’s armed forces). Here are a few take-aways from the article that carried the interview: Regarding Ukraine’s defense … More When Will Russia Attack Next

In the south of Ukraine, stands a famous old city of approximately one and a half million people. It is generally dirty and run down, with rare moments of abject splendor and greatness. Most of its buildings are not kept up well and yet their beloved theater building is one of the grandest in all … More Church Planting Network Forms In Odessa

It seems like not long ago when we wanted to know if something we saw on the news was real, we could use the internet to verify it’s authenticity and accuracy.  With the advent of Clickbait, No News and Fake News, those days are gone. According to Wikipedia, “Clickbait is a pejorative term for web … More Clickbait, No News & Fake News

I’ve found you can’t count on Captain Ukraine to come to your rescue – not even when you are being chased by four angry men. While Beth was visiting her mom in east Tennessee, I was using the time to visit as many of the regional church plant coordinators as possible. As such, I took … More Yet Another Reason To Pray

An Extraordinary Change of Plans On May 16th we celebrated our wedding anniversary and I was reading Proverbs 16 (Proverbs has 1 chapter for each day of the month- it’s a great instruction manual for life and worth reading daily!) and it struck a chord of a great conversation Eric and I had over dinner, … More Beth: 31-derful Years

Trust is arguably the most important foundation stone of any relationship anywhere among any people group in the entire world. Yet, my observation has led me to believe that differing cultures approach the matter of trust from different angles. Let’s examine  the general approach to trust in the American culture and compare that to the … More The Culture of Trust

It’s been 100 days since Donald Trump was inaugurated as President and more than 5 months since the election. Just like you, we went to bed on election night thinking Hillary was going to be the first female president of the United States. Just like you, we were surprised, if not shocked, to wake up … More Trump Is President – Now What?

Many of us are so fixated and obsessed with this election cycle, we have become like the very politicians we claim to abhor. … More Voting – Vexing – Venting

Alright… so maybe Chip Kelly (picture by Keith Allison) is a football coach and not a missionary, but his first attempt in cross-cultural work was a flop and there are some things aspiring missionaries can learn from his NFL failure at the helm of the Philadelphia Eagles American football team. Lesson #1 – Getting experience … More Chip Kelly – The Worst Missionary

In the small Bible college we attended, the Hendricks brothers were well known… … More Yodis goes Live – new website